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1) Civility is encouraged but the Ethic of Reciprocity applies. If someone gives you insults back for insults given? That’s just what you deserve. If one has a position and advocates it, one owns it unless stating the position is some form of Devil’s Advocacy. If it is an abhorrent position that causes recoil and/or social rejection, then the problem might rest with the position first and the holder as consequence. If one does not like the consequences of being seen in a negative light, one should revisit their position(s) or live with it. If disruptive behavior (or inherently disruptive or dishonest trollish behavior – flooding/spamming, manufacturing false consensus, deflection, etc.) becomes a persistent problem and disrupts the peace and utility of the commons that are the threads? You will be warned. You might get a time out. You might get banned. This soiree has (very minimal) rules and bouncers. Agreement is not required. Argument is a cornerstone of the marketplace of ideas. You will not run afoul of this rule for simply having and voicing an unpopular opinion. A good rule of thumb is DBAD.
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Gene,
“DBAD” – don’t call me that, I’m trying to stop!
Zip it Bobby… its Otay!
Otay can you tee?
🙂
Baaaaaa
Tony C is free to come and go as he pleases, always has been.
NBC is a pending matter.
Gene,
I would beseech you all to just let NBC back in. I’ll even take a partial or whole timeout if needs be (partial being staying away from NBC, ..whole.. not comment till after Christmas at all).
You all have been visibly jurisprudent and even more so behind scenes. It doesn’t matter how long..either there person will.. or won,t correct the behavior.
Aren,t we all adults here?
I too, at one time..was a RWNJ and a blogger (MB) made me take a look inside. changing things.
Mr. Stone will..or won’t. .have influence on his fellow opinionated
Maybe the party will decline
Be gratious please…it’s. Christmas?
Wham it,
What does your commenting have to do with NBC’s commenting?
“Aren,t we all adults here?”
No. Is that rhetorical?
Bob,s oK,
Just offering to muzxlr
Muzxlr?
We can’t muzxlr around here.
1) We don’t have a muzxlr license.
2) Good cognac (the traditional way) is a bit pricey even in volume.
3) Where would we get enough llamas for everyone?
Nope.
No muzxlring ’round these parts.
Maybe next year.
🙂
where is Tony C?
Free NBC, Free NBC!
LOL… Cool
Free NBC.
FREE ..NBC
NBC
NBC
BE FREEEEEEEE
Bron,
Tony’s “exile” (not really the appropriate term) is entirely self-imposed. He’s free to come and go as he pleases as far as the management of this blog is concerned. He is neither moderated nor blacklisted. Some people just get upset when I don’t respond to fits they way they’d like. Who knew? He’ll get over it and return or he won’t but it will be of his own accord. He’s welcome back any time and hasn’t run afoul of policy regardless of any personal differences that might have arisen betwixt us. All he needs to do is press “Post Comment”.
In re: NBC; as I said “pending”, but all things being equal, he will “be freed” once and providing if understanding is had. To my knowledge, that process is still on track. He was Slarti’s personal invite, so I put him in charge of that process of making the case for reinstatement.
Okay .. Gene.. got it…
Slarti, Slarti
Free NBC
Slarti, Slarti, SLARTI!
FREE …. N B C
we get llamas?
pete,
Gene is just trying to get your goat.
At least there aren’t them type hearders n farm boys around, after I went baaa.
Or… as Robin Williams said decades ago
A farm biy eh (K n ,on paying attention)
You remember this sound
SQUEAL!
Do NOT give pete a llama!! The llama will complain and then you’ll have to amend rule #8.
Chuck,
Oh brother … that was sooo bad that it was good.
🙂
Blouise is always eliqurnt.
Even in spanking…
Slarti, SLARTI
Free NBC
You meant baaaaad
Right b..17
Whammy,
😎
Si, pero quien es mas macho,
Fernando Llamas, o Lloyd Bridges?
Frg this thread…keeps burying
I WANT MY LLAMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHNczNvOnGc
Pete
This.. educational video of your,ns explains where your humor comes from.
One has to be on a whole other level to even think of, much less produce, such a video.
I bow down to you sir
Wham,
At this point I just need to write NBC and let him know what has been decided after which it will be up to him if he wishes to come back. This hasn’t happened because:
a) Slarti is lazy
b) Slarti is busy
c) The Illuminati don’t want it to
d) all of the above
Take your pick.
Slarti,
You forgot that it is all
1. Obama’s fault
2. Al Sharpton’s fault
3. Kim Jung Un has no internet or cell phone connection